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J. DICK. CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.9, 1912.

Patented June 24, 1913.

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J. DICK.

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APPLICATION FILED 00m, 1912.

Patented June 24,1913.

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JOSEPH DICK, OF

CANTON, OHIO.

CON \fiE YER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J lino 2st, ll iii 3.

Original application filed August 3, 1912, Serial No. 713,085. Dividedand this application filed October 9,

1912. Serial No. 724,693.

To all 'w/umiif may concern lie it known that i, Josnrir Dion, a citizenof the United States, residing at Canton, county of Stark, and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyors,the same being illus trated and described, but not claimed, in myapplication for Letters Patent for improvements in fodder-cutiers, filedAugust 3, 1912, Serial 'No. 713,085, and of which invention thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to endless conveyers. as for the feed trough andfeed hopper in fodder cutting machines; and the object of the. inventionis to provide a simplified and self cleaning construction of suchconveyors.

it preferred embodiment of the invention, thus set forth in generalterms, as applied to the feed trough and feed cutter of a fodder cuttingmachine, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming parthereof, in which Figure 1, is a longitudinal section of the feed hopper.and part of the feed trough of a fodder cutting machine, showing theapplication of the improved form of conveyor thereto; Fig. 2, afragmentary perspective. view of one cross strip showin the teeththereon; Fig. 3, a plan view of the feed trough, Fig. 4, a longitudinalsection thereof, and Fig. 5, a cross section thereof on line 5-5, Figs.3 and 4.

Similar numerals refer throughout the drawings.

The feed trough includes the side walls 1, the upper portions l of whichare flared outward in the usual manner; the side sills 2, which areclamped between the side walls and the ends of the cross sills I, bymeans f the bolts 4; and the bearing board 5, located on the cross sillsbetween the side sills of the trough. The upper surface of the bearingboard is located above. the upper surface of the side sills, thusproviding the channels or grooves 3 in each side of the trough.

The endless conveyor in the but tom of the feed trough is con'iposed oltlu gear chains 7 operating around the gear whucls h. to which chainsare secured the cross slrips each of which carries a row ol' teeth 10;the space l'ietween the. gearing chains being slightly in excess of theu idlh ol' th bearing board 5 so that. the upper strands T ol the gearchai: adapted to operate 'l'rtwly above the side sill in the(Illtllliill: t; in each side of to similar parts [I l l l the feedtrough, while the corresponding cross strips 5) rest and travel upon theupper surface ol the bearing board; it being understood that the lowerstrands 7 of the gearing chains hang,- freely suspended between the endsof the convey The face-of the conveyer is composed of the series oflongitudinal bars 11, laid loosely between the teeth It) upon theintervening portions of the cross strips 9; the. forward ends of thebars heingsecured to the forward end board 12 of the feed trough as bythe angle bar 13 secured to the end board and engaged over the dependingtongues M of the face liar; while the rear ends 15 of the face barsrostloosely upon the bottom of the feed-hopperconveyer, which ispreferably composed of a similar series of longitudinal face bars 11,the forward ends 13 being secured on the cross rod 12 and the rear ends15 resting freely upon the cutter bar lb of the fodder cutting machine.

The liced-hop 'ier conveyor is preferably made like the feed-troughconveyor, with the cross strips sliding, upon the bearing plate andprovided with the teeth which teeth operate between the face bars 11which in this conveyor are preferably bridged between the cross rod 12and the cutter bar 16 to relieve the cross bars of some of the pressureof the fodder in the hopper.

3y this peculiar construction and arrangement, it is evident that theends of the teeth which protrude above the face bars, serve to comb andcarry the .l'odder forward along the same, and it is fln-therinoreevident. that any portion of tho fodder which may drop down or becometangled around the taco iars is carried l'reely along the same and slipsoil the forward end thereof without catching or clogging at any point.The forward ends or 15 of the taco bars being free to risewhenevernecessary to permit) the passage of material underneath thesame. The cross strips 9 and f) are preferably made with thelongitudinal grooves I? in the forward and rear edges llltlcut illkl aplurality oi. teeth 10 are preferably l'ormcd integrally on the platesections 18 which are provided with the tongues ll) adapted to beclamped in the grooves and'the screws may also be provided for securingthe plates to the strips. This construction permits the plate sectionsto be made long enough to -arry a plurality of teeth,- and yet shortWind ' enough to avoid irregular shrinkage in casttherein,

ing, end also to permit a substitution of a comparatively small numberof teeth in case of breakage.

I claim:

1. A fodder-cutter feed-conveyer includ ing a frame with chain gearingsmounted therein, cross strips on the gear chains havmg series of spacedteeth thereon, a beerlng board in the frame between the upper strandsofthe chains for the cross strips, and

longitudinal face bars forming the bottom of the conveyer secured to theframe at the forward end and extending thence freely beconveyer securedto the frame at the for-' ward end and tween and beyond strips, andbelow the points of the teeth.

3. A fodder-cutter feed-conveyor including a frame, cross strips "withseries of teeth thereon traveling in the frame, and longitudinal facebars forming the bottom. of the conveyer secured to the frame at theforward end and extending thence freely between and beyond the teeth ofthe several strips, and below the points of the teeth. I

4. A cross strip for e fodder-cutterfeedconveyor having grooves in itsedges, and a plate having a plurality of teeth thereon with tongues onits .'des clamped in the grooves for securing the plate on the strip,

JUSEIPH DICK.

extending thence freely be- Witnesses:

Flinn J. ZE'ITLER, D. W. CHAPMAN.

the teeth of the several

